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one of them i think is senator chuck hagel. >> john mccain and chuck hagel were so close that in 2000, when john mccain realized that he was not going to get the presidential nomination, when john mccain decided he had to give up that bitterly fought nomination battle, the person his campaign put out to speak to the press the day he made his decision to withdraw was his dear friend, old chuck. >> two aides tell nbc news that the arizona senator will announce a suspension of his quest for the white house. back in arizona after his crushing defeat on super tuesday mccain called supporters to thank them. >> we're glad to be home. >> nebraska senator chuck hagel, who spoke to mccain three times yesterday, believes mccain will stay in the republican party. >> he understands the big picture here. >> as you can tell from looking at this footage, as you can tell specifically from the evolution of the eye bags and the hairdos over time, that whole thing between chuck hague sxl john mccain was a long while ago. chuck hagel as john mccain's campaign co-chair, as the top of his short list for def
one of them i think is senator chuck hagel. >> john mccain and chuck hagel were so close that in 2000, when john mccain realized that he was not going to get the presidential nomination, when john mccain decided he had to give up that bitterly fought nomination battle, the person his campaign put out to speak to the press the day he made his decision to withdraw was his dear friend, old chuck. >> two aides tell nbc news that the arizona senator will announce a suspension of his...
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when it was set up apparently for the sole purpose of opposing chuck hagel. led by former rnc communications director danny diaz and romney visor brian hook the group is running is ads is urging democratic senators to vote no. >> barack obama's nominee for secretary of defense wants america to back down. an end to our nuclear program. devastating defense cuts, a weaker country. >> another group, american future fund has ads questioning hagel's ethics calling on the senate to post phone the hear. finally a group that purports to be coming from the left supported by members of the gay and lesbian community. the group has contacted voters in seven states as part of what it calls a seven-figure campaign against haggle but its roots some say are suspect. gay rights groups have questioned its authenticity and "the new york times" linked to republican admakers. chuck hagel's supporters have had their hands full trying to push back against the criticism. with me now is somebody who is trying to push back. a lot of criticism of chuck hagel based on some of the things
when it was set up apparently for the sole purpose of opposing chuck hagel. led by former rnc communications director danny diaz and romney visor brian hook the group is running is ads is urging democratic senators to vote no. >> barack obama's nominee for secretary of defense wants america to back down. an end to our nuclear program. devastating defense cuts, a weaker country. >> another group, american future fund has ads questioning hagel's ethics calling on the senate to post...
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senator hagel disagrees and he had a nuanced response. he said the jury is still out and they're still, you know, many unanswered questions about whether or not that was, you know, in fact, worthy investment of treasure and of blood. >> right. and mccain, obviously, not looking for a nuanced answer. ernesto londono, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> and if you liked our conversation on massachusetts yesterday -- >> nope, no. >> you'll love "the spin cycle" next. kornacki has more state politics to dissect and big national implications. "the cycle" rolls on for thursday, january 31st. we've all had those moments. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. hmm, we need a new game. ♪ that'll save the day. ♪ so will bounty select-a-size. it's the smaller pow
senator hagel disagrees and he had a nuanced response. he said the jury is still out and they're still, you know, many unanswered questions about whether or not that was, you know, in fact, worthy investment of treasure and of blood. >> right. and mccain, obviously, not looking for a nuanced answer. ernesto londono, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> and if you liked our conversation on massachusetts yesterday -- >> nope, no. >> you'll love "the spin...
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for hagel that's the problem. the pentagon has seen its share of men who triumphed on the ballot and got gobbled up in one of the world's biggest bureaucracies where political skills are helpful but not as much as sheer organizational or budgetary mastery. this is coming -- >> the republican party of, i don't know, a year ago would have said here's a ceo type. isn't that what you need in a sprawling bureaucracy where the bloated budget needs to be wrestled to the ground? i don't know what the rights are getting at and i don't understand why -- i understand there's the personal drama, and that's maybe why he couldn't ask the question as fluidly as you could. you know, what are the objection says here? is it about iran? they want to know is he iffing to invade or not? >> i think the question is, as we are looking at sequestration and looking at massive defense cuts that are with a meat clever and somebody needs to do them with an exacto knife -- i don't know if such a thing is possible -- go ahead. >> there is a que
for hagel that's the problem. the pentagon has seen its share of men who triumphed on the ballot and got gobbled up in one of the world's biggest bureaucracies where political skills are helpful but not as much as sheer organizational or budgetary mastery. this is coming -- >> the republican party of, i don't know, a year ago would have said here's a ceo type. isn't that what you need in a sprawling bureaucracy where the bloated budget needs to be wrestled to the ground? i don't know what...
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. >> andrea, we like chuck hagel. i think he'd be a good secretary of defense, but the performance yesterday was panned by people on all sides of the political spectrum. >> as claire mccaskill told me yesterday, she said, look. he is more used to asking questions than answering questions. there were a lot of issues. and what didn't help, of course, is that his former good friend, john mccain, just eviscerated him, grilled him, didn't give him a chance. yes or no. give me an answer. were you correct or incorrect? i mean, there is a way to try to do that, but clearly he came with a very hostile attitude. and it was very painful to watch. >> yeah. awkward at times. >> i mean, john mccain, mika, didn't let him answer a question. i'm sorry, out of that exchange, it was not chuck hagel who looked bad. >> ted cruz looked even worse. >> yeah. >> oh, my god. >> we're going to show all those coming up. >> he wasn't prepared, mika, in a lot of ways that were concerning. i think, again, the democrats, republicans, independents al
. >> andrea, we like chuck hagel. i think he'd be a good secretary of defense, but the performance yesterday was panned by people on all sides of the political spectrum. >> as claire mccaskill told me yesterday, she said, look. he is more used to asking questions than answering questions. there were a lot of issues. and what didn't help, of course, is that his former good friend, john mccain, just eviscerated him, grilled him, didn't give him a chance. yes or no. give me an answer....
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what's your take on chuck hagel's confirmation? >> oh, we're going to do hagel first? okay. >> very tough, grueling day for senator hagel, but i have seen no shifting of votes from supporters. and i think the key question, joe, is is he qualified to be secretary of defense? >> is he qualified? >> and i believe he is. my vote will be for him because on issues like iran and israel, he indicated he is strongly in favor of unilateral sanctions against iran, and if necessary, military attack to prevent iran from becoming nuclear armed. on israel, strong support for israel's security. on sexual assault in the military, unequivocal, clear determination to go after it. on repeal of don't ask, don't tell, another very important issue, unequivocal support for implementing that repeal. on strategic issues, undersiege warfare, submarines, another very important source of surveillance as well as military options. unequivocal support as a cornerstone of our military future. i'll tell you what impressed me. both in his meetings with me privately and his public testimony yesterday, th
what's your take on chuck hagel's confirmation? >> oh, we're going to do hagel first? okay. >> very tough, grueling day for senator hagel, but i have seen no shifting of votes from supporters. and i think the key question, joe, is is he qualified to be secretary of defense? >> is he qualified? >> and i believe he is. my vote will be for him because on issues like iran and israel, he indicated he is strongly in favor of unilateral sanctions against iran, and if necessary,...
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chuck inhoff called hagel the wrong man for a job. senator inhoff points to list of serious concerns among them hagel's position on iran saying hush urged the bush administration to support iran in the world trade. he directeds with iran . threaten the security of israel. inhoff said hagel would push the plan to cut the size of our military. now the trouble in mali. bum pumadministration is seeking 32 million to train african troops to fight the extremist holds up there. weighing to provide air tankers to the french fighter jets. they are already helping by transporting french troops and equipment. france has 23,000 sold yerse there and wants the african nations to take the lead. it is a significant development in the battle al-qaida extremist. a look now in the ongoing civil war in sir yampt the united nations estimating willy i people have died since the uprising and reports that 200,000 syrian refugeeses are living in jordan. thousands more leave syria every day. the assad regime offering to let them return as part of a reconciliat
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he could not say that chuck hagel was a leader in the senate. is a hagel distillation? -- where is a hagel legislation? chuck hagel has no noble speeches or doctrines or ideas associated with him. except he was one of two senators to vote against iran sanctions, to not have the iranian revolutionary guard designated as a terrorist hezbollahon or four to be designated a terrorist organization. and has accused people of being a jewish lobby. i think he's not a good candidate. is not a very distinguished candidates for secretary of defense. he is not of the stature of leon panetta or bob gates or dick cheney or any of the people will ever been secretary of defense over the years. many of them are democrats. there are people in the democratic party who served in the clinton defense department to the obama defense thewho management experience, which will be awfully important as there are budget constraints. -- people with management experience. he said that we should not be threatening the use of force. the presidenthy selected chuck hagel. maybe likes him personally. he was
he could not say that chuck hagel was a leader in the senate. is a hagel distillation? -- where is a hagel legislation? chuck hagel has no noble speeches or doctrines or ideas associated with him. except he was one of two senators to vote against iran sanctions, to not have the iranian revolutionary guard designated as a terrorist hezbollahon or four to be designated a terrorist organization. and has accused people of being a jewish lobby. i think he's not a good candidate. is not a very...
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hagel. >> the republican senator from mississippi has said he will support hagel so it really does seem like the votes are there. >> dana bash for us this morning. thank you, dana, appreciate it. >>> we want to talk a little bit more about this fight over gun control that's happening in washington, d.c., and actually to a large degree happening around the nation. the president has admitted it's going to be a very tough battle is whaesds t he said in an inte he did with univision. >> my suspicion is we're seeing more bipartisan discussion on the immigration issue than on the gun issue. i'm actually optimistic that we can get both done. both will end up generating some opposition and some strong opposition. there will be passions on both sides. >> those remarks came after what was a pretty tense hearing on gun violence in front of the senate judiciary committee. the former arizona congresswoman, gabrielle giffords, you remember she was nearly killed in that shooting back in 2011. she told the committee that too many americans are dying by being shot. senator richard blumenthal was on the
hagel. >> the republican senator from mississippi has said he will support hagel so it really does seem like the votes are there. >> dana bash for us this morning. thank you, dana, appreciate it. >>> we want to talk a little bit more about this fight over gun control that's happening in washington, d.c., and actually to a large degree happening around the nation. the president has admitted it's going to be a very tough battle is whaesds t he said in an inte he did with...
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chuck hagel seeing red yesterday. he's back in the hot seat today at his confirmation hearing on capitol hill. will he be the secretary of defense? now peter doocy live in washington. >> there is no monster.com for cabinet positions. but defense with.gov says the secretary of defense is responsible for the formulation of general defense policy and president obama's nominee to be the next defense secretary had a hard time handling questions about some recent defense policy successes like the 2007 troop surge in iraq. >> will you please answer the question? will were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to the -- >> will you answer the question, senator hagel? the question is, were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. i would like to answer whether you were right or wrong and then you are free elaborate. >> well, i'm not going to give you a
chuck hagel seeing red yesterday. he's back in the hot seat today at his confirmation hearing on capitol hill. will he be the secretary of defense? now peter doocy live in washington. >> there is no monster.com for cabinet positions. but defense with.gov says the secretary of defense is responsible for the formulation of general defense policy and president obama's nominee to be the next defense secretary had a hard time handling questions about some recent defense policy successes like...
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we're talking about chuck hagel for defense. he's got a contentious confirmation hearing coming up on thursday. senators mccain and bob menendez said yesterday they are still unsure about him. take a listen. >> i want to see what happens in the hearing. and i think it would be important to make a judgment after that. >> i look forward to asking him a series of questions about israel, about iran as the major sponsor of the iran sanctions in the senate. i am concerned about some of the comments he has made about sanctions in the past. >> peter, a lot of people are interested in hearing where chuck hagel stands on a lot of issues modern day. is this his best opportunity to convince his critics that he's the right man for the job? >> reporter: i think it will be. but he's obviously up against some pretty tough opposition. this is the first confirmation battle taking place in the new superpac era. that means there's a lot of very wealthy people in this country who do not agree with chuck hagel's opinions on some of those issues. they
we're talking about chuck hagel for defense. he's got a contentious confirmation hearing coming up on thursday. senators mccain and bob menendez said yesterday they are still unsure about him. take a listen. >> i want to see what happens in the hearing. and i think it would be important to make a judgment after that. >> i look forward to asking him a series of questions about israel, about iran as the major sponsor of the iran sanctions in the senate. i am concerned about some of...
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uma: do you think hagel will have no choice but to support the president's efforts, to cajole or work diplomatically with iran going forward to pressure them to stop their production. >> given chuck hagel's position on iran this he's expressed publicly i have no doubt he's of the same view of the administration. what the administration is setting up is legitimizing iran's nuclear program and thus permitting iran to get very, very close to breaking out and actually fabricating nuclear weapons or doing it in secret with us not being able to follow it that the threat of a nuclear iran is ever more pressing. uma: are you feeling then sanctions and diplomacy really won't work in this situation as you're dealing with iran, that the military option still need to be on the table and addressed very directly. >> sanctions and diplomas see are not going to work and they haven't worked for the last ten years of effort. iran will to the be talked out of its nuclear weapons program, even though the sanctions, which by the way the obama administration opposed in terms of the congressional lee impose
uma: do you think hagel will have no choice but to support the president's efforts, to cajole or work diplomatically with iran going forward to pressure them to stop their production. >> given chuck hagel's position on iran this he's expressed publicly i have no doubt he's of the same view of the administration. what the administration is setting up is legitimizing iran's nuclear program and thus permitting iran to get very, very close to breaking out and actually fabricating nuclear...
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>> i like chuck hagel. i served with him in the united states senate, but he's the wrong man for this job. >> gretchen: why? >> well, his positions on everything from a nuclear iran to direct negotiations with state department designated terrorist organizations like hamas, his embrace of these naive ideas like a nuclear free world, which, you know, is fine to say i hope and i wish and i pray that it would be that way burks it's not realistic and it's naive, particularly among the person who is supposed to represent american national security and keep the peace. and i worry that president obama has picked senator hagel because really the defense department is the only part of the government that he seems to be willing to cut. he's not really interested in reining in spending in almost any other area except national security. he said the sequester, which is the $1.2 trillion in cuts that are scheduled to go in effect, which disproportion athlete affect defense spending, the president said during the campaign,
>> i like chuck hagel. i served with him in the united states senate, but he's the wrong man for this job. >> gretchen: why? >> well, his positions on everything from a nuclear iran to direct negotiations with state department designated terrorist organizations like hamas, his embrace of these naive ideas like a nuclear free world, which, you know, is fine to say i hope and i wish and i pray that it would be that way burks it's not realistic and it's naive, particularly among...
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[inaudible] >> well, senator hagel has been at his hearing at. i think it is too early to predict conditions under which his nominations will be considered. he has visited a number of us. we've had a chance to discuss his positions privately and i were looking forward to taking a publicly and we'll see how it's going to be processed on the senate floor when it comes out of committee. [inaudible] >> on that issue, am unclear as to whether the majority leader wants to bring a gun measure to the floor. it will be to hand to determine whether receipt that issue on the floor, the judiciary committee to determine whether we've hearing to go forward. and among those who'd be happy to look at what the majority decides to advance on that subject. [inaudible] >> while, at the risk of repeating myself, you know, we've got a bipartisan group of senators have been working on immigration reform. i've got a good indication there's a bipartisan desire to go forward. in addition to that, senator grassley and senator leahy said the committee itself will want to ho
[inaudible] >> well, senator hagel has been at his hearing at. i think it is too early to predict conditions under which his nominations will be considered. he has visited a number of us. we've had a chance to discuss his positions privately and i were looking forward to taking a publicly and we'll see how it's going to be processed on the senate floor when it comes out of committee. [inaudible] >> on that issue, am unclear as to whether the majority leader wants to bring a gun...
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spent a week from today, thursday january 31 is the confirmation hearing for chuck hagel to be the next defense secretary. he served two terms as republican senator from nebraska. confirmation hearings will be live on c-span thursday january 31 starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern. >> personal-finance stars as we know in the 1930s with sylvia porter and it's really a way out of this help -- self-help business of 1930s. indicators are now for everything from the hardest times of 1930s easy everything from alcoholic anonymous developed in the 1930s to napoleon -- helping the poor to get rich to very social activist movements, fascism and communism to the new do. there's this whole fulcrum going on at the. and she tells personal-finance adout of this over the years, ad her goal is to educate people so this great depression will never happen again. buddies really much away, and i do that we can teach people certain skills and if they learn new skills they will all be okay. >> the dark side of the personal-finance industry with helaine olen saturday night at 10 on after words on c-span2. look for m
spent a week from today, thursday january 31 is the confirmation hearing for chuck hagel to be the next defense secretary. he served two terms as republican senator from nebraska. confirmation hearings will be live on c-span thursday january 31 starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern. >> personal-finance stars as we know in the 1930s with sylvia porter and it's really a way out of this help -- self-help business of 1930s. indicators are now for everything from the hardest times of 1930s easy...
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jack lew, dennis mcdonough, john kerry was confirmed yesterday, and chuck hagel, although that could be a fight. what does that line - up say to you about the next four years? >> continuity with wall street, perhaps a shift in foreign policy. >> steve: what else? >> it also says that the president is looking to people who he trusts. the thing about this president that needs to be understood is that he's willing to appoint people who may have opposed him. you have to realize he appointed hillary clinton. he appointed joe biden. now he has appointed john kerry. these are all people who ran against him for president. ray lahood is a republican. so the president will appoint people ho disagree with him, but at the same time, he wants people who he believes he can trust. look at dennis mcdonough who will be the chief of staff. he raised him up out of the national security council. >> steve: shower. what about some critics, and there is a picture right there. what about critics who say he's a control freak and he winds up getting rid of people who he's got a problem with? >> he's the presi
jack lew, dennis mcdonough, john kerry was confirmed yesterday, and chuck hagel, although that could be a fight. what does that line - up say to you about the next four years? >> continuity with wall street, perhaps a shift in foreign policy. >> steve: what else? >> it also says that the president is looking to people who he trusts. the thing about this president that needs to be understood is that he's willing to appoint people who may have opposed him. you have to realize he...
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and later this week, former nebraska senator chuck hagel will appear before the senate armed services committee for his confirmation hearing. that will be live this thursday at 9:30 a.m. eastern. also on c-span. >> with the 113th congress underway, a new class of two members from texas. republican senator ted cruz replaced syndicate really -- kay bailey hutchison. on the house side, democrats castors represent texas 20 this you. first term congressman is the twin brother of san antonio mayor. and republican steve stockman is serving his second stint in congress effort represented the state for one term in the 1990s. >> we created a platform that we call digital health defense system. the main component of the platform are an ingestible sensor that turns on when you swallow it and communicates through your body. it sends information to a wearable patch that you where that collects information about the medicine you swallowed, your heart rate, respiration, activities, sleet. a lot of things what we call a panel of physiological wellness mentored and communicates by radio with a cell pho
and later this week, former nebraska senator chuck hagel will appear before the senate armed services committee for his confirmation hearing. that will be live this thursday at 9:30 a.m. eastern. also on c-span. >> with the 113th congress underway, a new class of two members from texas. republican senator ted cruz replaced syndicate really -- kay bailey hutchison. on the house side, democrats castors represent texas 20 this you. first term congressman is the twin brother of san antonio...
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then tomorrow the senate armed services committee will hold a confirmation hering for chuck hagel to be the next defense secretary. we'll have that for you at 9:30 eastern here on c-span. next up we're going to give you a chance to see the entire hearing today better the senate judicial committee. it began with an opening statement by gabrielle giffords who was shot by an asail innocent arizona in 201e6789 she's ack anied into the hearing room by her husband, captain mark kirk. >> we have more than 200 people here today and hundreds more watching on our committee web cast. i expect everybody in this room to be respectful of the senators and the witnesses speaking about this very serious subject. i do not want applause for or against any position. the capitol police have been notified to remove any audience interference in an effort to have orderly conduct for that. that is a warning i give the many hearings. we will hear a lot of perspective on gun violence. i will give opening statements. but we have a former member of congress here, gaby giffords who will give a brief message and b
then tomorrow the senate armed services committee will hold a confirmation hering for chuck hagel to be the next defense secretary. we'll have that for you at 9:30 eastern here on c-span. next up we're going to give you a chance to see the entire hearing today better the senate judicial committee. it began with an opening statement by gabrielle giffords who was shot by an asail innocent arizona in 201e6789 she's ack anied into the hearing room by her husband, captain mark kirk. >> we have...
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. >> thursday, former senator chuck hagel testifies before the senate armed services committee. live coverage at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span and c-span radio. >> at age 65, she was the oldest first lady when her husband became president. she never set foot in washington. her husband died just one month after his inauguration. meet the other women who served as first lady in c-span's knew of original series. -- new original series. season one begins presidents day at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio, and c- span.org. >> wednesday, senators chuck schumer and john mccain discussed details of immigration issues. the senators were featured speakers at the political playbook breakfast. this is 50 minutes. >[applause] >> good morning. thank you so much for coming out early for our breakfast. welcome to those of you in life stream land, i appreciate having you. this is our first breakfast in 2013. we look forward to seeing you throughout this year after the amazing year we had last year. we will go inside the "gang of eight" this morning. they helped pull off a bipa
. >> thursday, former senator chuck hagel testifies before the senate armed services committee. live coverage at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span and c-span radio. >> at age 65, she was the oldest first lady when her husband became president. she never set foot in washington. her husband died just one month after his inauguration. meet the other women who served as first lady in c-span's knew of original series. -- new original series. season one begins presidents day at 9:00 p.m....